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LEVELS

47

En

KEY STAGE

3

2 0 0 7

English test

Reading paperanswer booklet

A change for the better?First name ________________________________________________

Last name ________________________________________________

School ________________________________________________

This paper is 1 hour and 15 minutes long.

You have 15 minutes to read the Reading booklet beforeanswering the questions in your answer booklet. During thistime you should not open your answer booklet.

You then have 1 hour to write your answers.

Write your answers in this booklet. You may ask for morepaper if you need it.

There are 17 questions totalling 32 marks on this paper.

For markers use only

Borderline check (reading including Shakespeare task)

Tick

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1. Give two quotations from paragraphs 1 to 3 which show that Gregor is finding itdifficult to control his movements.

(1 mark)

2. He was lying on his armour-plated back (paragraph 1)

Explain what the choice of language in the phrase armour-plated back suggestsabout Gregors insect body.

(1 mark)

3. In paragraph 4, explain two impressions you get of Gregors state of mind at

this point in the story.

Support each explanation with a quotation from paragraph 4.

(2 marks)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Questions 15 are about Transformed (pages 45 in the Reading booklet).

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4. The writer shows Gregor beginning to feel desperate as he hears his mothers voice(paragraph 5).

How does the writer build up a sense of Gregors increasing desperationin paragraphs 5 to 9 ?

Support your ideas with quotations from paragraphs 5 to 9.

(5 marks) Q4

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Q5

5. Readers might find this story both horrifying and funny.

Explain why this story could be seen as both horrific and humorous.

(3 marks)

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6. Paragraph 1 explains what people used to believe about insects.

Complete the table, giving a specific example of each belief from paragraph 1.

what people believed about insects specific example of what people believed(from paragraph 1) (from paragraph 1)

insects were very simple creatures insects had no internal organs

Q6

a) insects were the result of spontaneous generation

insects changed into di fferentb) creatures as part of their life cycle

(1 mark)

Questions 610 are about The man who loved insects (pages 67 in the Reading booklet).

Turn over for question 7

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7. Explain two different ways paragraph 4 is structured to help the readerfollow the ideas in the paragraph.

(2 marks)

8. When Swammerdam dissected a caterpillar, he proved that there was a butterfly hidden within its skin and the audience was astoni shed. (paragraph 4)

Why do you think Swammerdam chose to demonstrate this in public ?

(1 mark)

Q7

Q8

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Q9a

Q9b

9. Swammerdam described the nerves of a beetle larva seen through a microscope as shooting li ke sunbeams and the wings of a moth as deli cate as the fi nest musli n .(paragraph 5)

a) What does Swammerdams use of language suggest about his reactions to the insects

he saw through the microscope?

(1 mark)

b) How did Swammerdams use of language, shooting li ke sunbeams ; delicate as the fi nestmuslin , help people in the 17th century to understand what he saw through the microscope?

(1 mark)

Turn over for question 10

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10. In this text, how does the writer suggest that Jan Swammerdam isa person to be admired?

Support your ideas with quotations from the whole text.

(5 marks) Q10

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11. My moods are all over the place from day to day . (paragraph 2)

Give one quotation from paragraph 3 which supports this idea.

(1 mark)

12. Steve Johnson says about his son:

Hes changed overnight . (paragraph 1)

Explain the effect of the dash in this quotation.

(1 mark)

13. adolescence was like a thunderstorm crashing al l round her house (paragraph 2)

Explain what the choice of language in this quotation suggests about Ellens viewof adolescence.

(1 mark)

(1 mark)

Questions 1117 are about Whats really going on in a teenagers brain? (pages 89 in theReading booklet).

Q11

Q12

Q13

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14. In this article about adolescence, the writer has included quotations from a range of peopleto give a balanced view.

What is the effect of including quotations from parents ?

(1 mark)

15. Paragraph 4 is about scientists research into teenage brains.

a) Give one word or phrase from this paragraph which shows that the writer believes thescientists research is new and important.

(1 mark)

b) Explain how the scientists have reacted to their discoveries.

(1 mark)

16. What does the phrase a giant construction project (paragraph 5) suggest aboutthe teenage brain?

(1 mark)

Q14

Q15a

Q15b

Q16

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Q17

17. This article has been deliberately structured to achieve a particular effect.

Put a tick against the description of the structure which mostclosely matchesthat of the article.

Tick only one box.

It gives different views of teenagers behaviour, beginning and ending withnegative comments.

It gives a positive view of teenagers behaviour, followed by a negative viewand then leaves the reader to come to his or her own conclusion.

It sets up a negative view of teenagers and then provides explanations fortheir behaviour, ending on a positive note.

It sets up a negative view of the behaviour of teenagers and then providesevidence to build up a whole case against them.

(1 mark)

END OF TEST

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QCA/06/2773 (Pupil pack) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2007 QCA/06/2772 (Mark scheme pack) 275814

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